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REBELLION AND

REDEMPTION

David Tasker, Principal Contributor

Rebellion and Redemption

Our Goal

Jesus has won the decisive

victory.
The challenge has always been
where we place our loyalties.
The controversy still rages and
the deceptions are everpresent.
Our prayer, then, is that this
quarters lessons will reveal

Rebellion and Redemption

Contents
1 Crisis in Heaven
2 Crisis in Eden
3 Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs
4 Conflict and Crisis: The Judges
5 The Controversy Continues
6 Victory in the Wilderness
7 Jesus Teachings and the Great
Controversy
8 Comrades in Arms
9 The Great Controversy and the Early
Church
10 Paul and the Rebellion
11 Peter on the Great Controversy

Rebellion
Rebellion and
and Redemption
Redemption
Lesson
Lesson 3,
3, January
January 16
16

Global Rebellion and

the

Patriarchs

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

Key Text

Genesis 28:15 NKJV

Behold, I am with you

and will keep you wherever
you go, and will bring you
back to this land; for I will not
leave you until O have done
what I have spoken to you.

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

Quick Look

1. Post Eden Relationships

(Genesis 4:8, 9)
2. Post Flood
Relationships (Genesis
9:24-27)
3. Pre-Canaan
Relationships (Genesis

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

Initial Words

The stories that follow the Fall

take the themes of deception
and broken relationships, first
seen in Eden, to a deeper level.
During this time, the conflict
spreads and diversifies over
the globe.
Yet through it all, the
faithfulness of God, as He

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

1. Post Eden Relationships

Genesis 4:8, 9 NKJV

Now Cain talked with Abel his

brother; and it same to pass,
when they were in the field,
that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother and killed him.
Then said the Lord to Cain,
Where is Abel your brother?
He said, I do not know. Am

1. Post Eden Relationships

Cain and Abel

At the birth of Cain, Eve was

ecstatic. She fully believed that
she had just given birth to the
Deliverer promise
in Genesis 3:15. I have
acquired a
man from the Lord (Gen. 4:1,
NKJV).
The text could read, I have

1. Post Eden Relationships

Cain and Abel

Note the differences in Adams

emotions as compared with
Cains.
Adam appears confused,
frightened, and ashamed (Gen.
3:10), but Cain is angry (Gen.
4:5), cynical,
and rebellious (Gen. 4:9).

1. Post Eden Relationships

Seth

With the birth of Seth, Eve

again thinks she has delivered
the Promised One.
The name Seth is from the
word
that means to place or to
put, the same word used in
Genesis 3:15 for a Deliverer.
Eve describes her new son as

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

2. Post Flood Relationships

Genesis 9:24-27 NKJV

So Noah awoke from his wine,

and knew what his younger
son had done to him. Then he
said, Cursed be Canaan. A
servant of servants....
And he said: Blessed be...the
God of Shem, and may Canaan
be his servant.

2. Post Flood Relationships

The Flood

In the Flood we see a partial

reversal of the special acts of
Creation; many of those things
that God had separated are
now brought back together.
The earth seems to move back
toward being formless and
empty (Gen. 1:2, NIV).

2. Post Flood Relationships

New Creation

Despite this apparent win by

the forces of evil, Gods
creative genius
is still at work. He initiates a
new creation, by again
separating different elements.
First, He separates Noah from
the people of the time; then
tasks Noah with building an

2. Post Flood Relationships

The Great Controversy Continues

But its hardly a perfect one.

Some time after the Flood, we
are reminded of the frailty of
human goodness.
Noah becomes drunk, and
shameful things occur (Gen.
9:2027). Thus, even one of
the heroes of faith (see Heb.
11:7) had his bad moments.

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships

Genesis 22:9-12 NKJV

Abraham built an
altar,...placed the wood...,
bound Isaac...and laid him on
the altar.... And
Abraham...took the knife to
slay his son. But the Angel of
the Lord... said, Do not lay
your hand on the lad,... For I

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships
Abraham

While Abraham is known for his

faithfulness, his life experiences
are more about Gods
faithfulness to him.
Twice God has assured Abraham
that he would have a son. He
first
told him when Abraham was
about

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships
Abraham

Eventually, even after much

stumbling on Abrahams part,
the child of promisethe child
of the covenantwas born,
and Gods faithfulness to His
sometimes-wavering servant
was revealed
(see Gen. 17:19, 21; Gen.
21:35).

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships
Abraham

The sacrifice required of

Abraham was not alone for his
own good..., but it was also for
the instruction of the sinless
intelligences of heaven and of
other worlds. The field of the
contro-versy between Christ
and Satan
...on which the plan of

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships
Jacob and Esau

Esau hated his brother Jacob

after being tricked out of that
great honor, and he planned to
kill him after their father died
(Gen. 27:41).
Jacob had to endure 20 years
of being tricked by his fatherin-law, first in his marriage,
then in his wages (Gen. 29:20,

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships
Jacob and Esau

Laban pursued him (Gen.

31:25, 26), and then Esau set
out with 400 men
to meet him. Both of those
situations were life
threatening, and God had to
step in twice to deliver him;
first in a dream to Laban, to tell
him not to harm Jacob (Gen.

3. Pre-Canaan Relationships
Joseph and His Brothers

We see brother hating brother

because of one being shown
favor over the other (Gen.
37:3, 4).
When Joseph told his brothers
about his dreams (Gen. 37:5
11), he incited even more
hatred and envy against
himself. So, at the first

3. Pre-Canaan Relatioships
Joseph and His Brothers

Joseph could have chosen to

become bitter and anti-God,
but he chose instead to
maintain his faith amid this
harrowing struggle, the
great controversy being played
out
in his own life in a dramatic
way.

Global Rebellion and the Patriarchs

Final Words

As these stories show, life on

this earth, amid the great
controversy, doesnt always
play out as we might have
wanted. Life can and does do
us dirty. What do you expect
in a fallen, sinful world
paradise?
Edens long gone.